2. Die zehn Vergehen gegen das Hare Krischna Mahamantra (26.2)

Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi-Lila 8.24:

krsna-nama kare aparadhera vicara
krsna balile aparadhira na haya vikara

�Es gibt zehn schwerwiegende Vergehen, welche man beim Chanten des Hare Krischna Mahamantras beachten sollte. Deshalb ger�t man nicht in Ekstase, wenn man einfach nur Hare Krischna chantet.�
Kommentar von BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada:

Die zehn schrecklichen und all-gegenw�rtigen Vergehen beim Chanten des Hare Krischna Mahamantras werden im Padma Purana (Brahma-khanda 25.15-18) beschrieben:

1.Das Schm�hen und L�stern grosser Heiliger, welche damit besch�ftigt sind, den heiligen Namen zu predigen, ist das gr�sste Vergehen gegen�ber den Lotusf�ssen des heiligen Namens. Der heilige Name (Naam-prabhu) ist identisch mit Krischna, und wird solche L�sterungen niemals tolerieren, selbst nicht von sogenannt grossen Gottgeweihten.
2.In dieser materiellen Welt ist der heilige Name von Krischna sehr gl�cksverheissend. Krischnas Name,  Form, Eigenschaften und Spiele sind v�llig transzendental und absolutes Wissen. Deshalb ist es ein Vergehen, wenn man versucht, die h�chste Pers�nlichkeit Gottes von Seinem heiligen Namen oder Seiner transzendentalen Form, Seinen Eigenschaften und Spielen zu trennen, indem man denkt, sie seien materiell. Genauso verh�lt es sich, wenn man denkt, die Namen der Halbg�tter wie Shiva seien mit dem Namen Krischnas ebenb�rtig; dies ist ebenfalls ein Vegehen.
3.Den spirituellen Meister (Naam-tattva-vit) als materiell zu betrachten und deshalb seine erhabene Stellung zu beneiden und seinen Anweisungen nicht Folge zu leisten.
4.Schm�hung und L�sterung der vedischen Literatur, wie die vier Vedas und die Puranas, welche den Heiligen Namen verherrlichen.
5.Zu versuchen, den heiligen Namen des Herrn auf eine weltliche Art zu erkl�ren.
6.Zu denken, die Herrlichkeit des heiligen Namens sei Einbildung.
7.Mit s�ndhaften T�tigkeiten weiterzufahren, weil man denkt, dass der heilige Namen den s�ndhaften Reaktionen entgegenwirkt, und gleichzeitig den heiligen Namen zu chanten, um diese Reaktionen aufzuheben, ist das gr�sste Vergehen gegen�ber den Lotusf�ssen von Hari-nama. Jemand der so denkt, kann �berhaupt nicht gereinigt werden, weder durch Entsagung noch durch die verschiedenen Bestrafungen von Yamaraj.
8.Es ist ein grosses Vergehen zu denken, das Chanten des heiligen Namens sei dem Aus�ben von religi�sen Zeremonien ebenb�rtig. Solche religi�se Zeremonien wie Gel�bde, Entsagungen und Feueropfer, sind alles materielle gl�cksverheissende T�tigkeiten.
9.Es ist ein Vergehen, die Herrlichkeit des heiligen Namens jemandem zu predigen, der nicht h�ren will, oder zu atheistischen Menschen und solchen, welche kein Vertrauen in das Chanten des heiligen Namens haben.
10.Der niedrigste aller Menschen, welcher, obwohl er �ber die Herrlichkeit des transzendentalen heiligen Namens des Herrn geh�rt hat, mit seiner materialistischen Weltanschauung fortf�hrt, indem er denkt �Ich bin dieser K�rper, und alles was diesem K�rper geh�rt ist mein (aham mameti)�, und keine Wertsch�tzung und Zuneigung zum Chanten des heiligen Namens zeigt, begeht das abscheulichste aller zehn Vegehen gegen den heiligen Namen von Krischna.

Gl�cklicherweise beschloss Krischna auf Seinen Wunsch hin, als Er als Gauranga erschien, dass Er diese zehn Vergehen nicht ber�ksichtigen wird in der Beziehung zu Seinem (Gaurangas) Namen, Seiner Form, heiligen Orte und Gef�hrten. Somit wurden die Namen von Gauranga und Nityananda zur einzigen Hoffnung auf Erl�sung f�r die bedingten Seelen im Zeitalter des Kali, welche vollst�ndig in die obengenannten zehn Vergehen gegen den heiligen Namen von Krischna in der Form des Hare Krischna Mahamantras, eingetaucht sind.

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Re: Jaya Radha Madhava

Dear devotees,

     Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! A little bit more on serving the Lord...

     We are all unique and owing to our own unique set of cirumstances we have our own unique skills, talents and limitations. Therefore when we serve the Lord or the devotees it is always best when we serve Him with whatever talents we have. Someone may be a gardener, another a cook, a driver, an accountant, an editor, a therapist, a musician, an accomplished speaker, etc....anything. However these personal services must never be identified as the universal standard for all to follow. Then people will only blindly imitate. They will only remember the skill and forget the Lord. The only universal standard is the SERVICE ATTITUDE and NAAMA SANKIRTANA and not the type of skill one has. An individual's speciality should not be blindly copied by others. What will we do if everyone was just a gardener or everyone just knew how to drive a car or if everyone wanted to do only one other work?

       Actually the humble sweeper in the temple is no way inferior to the book publisher or the public speaker on the absolute level and so it is meaningless to ask, "Which service is better?" Actually it is, "Whose attitude is better?" Therefore while I do say that professional musicians can put their vast talent to serve the Lord, one must remember that it is the mood of service and not artistry that actually counts. Beginners please note that down.

        This story narrated by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati warns about blind imitation :

A Fallacy of Custom

   Every morning some brahmanas would take their bath in the Ganges and offer their daily prescribed prayers to the Lord. All of them were taking their own copper vessels for offering water to the Lord. But through oversight, all the copper vessels invariably changed hands everyday.

   Finally an elderly brahmana, in order to differentiate his own copper vessel from others, put a lump of sand on his own copper vessel and went to take a bath. Observing this practice, all the other brahmanas assumed that this must be a holy custom and imitated the said elderly brahmana by putting the a lump of sand on their vessels.

   After taking bath, the elderly brahmana came out of the river and found that it was impossible to identify his own copper vessel, because each and every vessel had a lump sand on it. At this, the elderly brahmana said to himself, �How over-attached to rituals these fellows are! Without realising the real purpose of anything, they just imitate others. If they had applied their common sense, they would not have marked their copper vessels in the same way.�

      This should make everything clear....

PS : Could this and the previous two replies including Hadai prabhu's post be shifted to the Jay Radha Madhava posted by Hadai Prabhu? It was accidentally posted on the wrong thread.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath

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Re: Jaya Radha Madhava

Dear prabhu,

     Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! What Swamiji said is only for worthless worms like us who are on the relativistic platform and not perfected souls like yourself who are on the absolute level and can see through all lack of qualifications. Your ears convert even material sounds into spiritually perfect vibrations. Actually the professional singers depend on you, you don't depend on them.

         There are so many songs composed by pure devotees in my part of the country which are only rendered by professional musicians and theirs' are the only recordings available. In that case what can we do, but look at the message itself rather than who delivered it. After all we cannot lose the vani of the pure devotees just because we can't get them under ideal circumstances. I have thousands of such songs myself, but out of respect for the devotees I just can't afford to lose all that nectar -- because it is not available anywhere else. The vani coming from professional singers may not be 100% pure, but when it goes through your ears and then comes out from your mouth, it will be 100% spritually refined and restored to full potency.

        It is like getting an old manuscript not in very good condition, but which is fully capable of being restored and then printed into 1st class books, devotees like yourself can then sing those songs and they will become infinitely pure by entering into your mouth regardless of what they were earlier.
Sometimes the music in the songs is very nice and devotees with good musical background can use their talent to purify the tunes as well and use their music in the Lord's service. Music is originally spiritual. I am talking from my point of view here as I have some little musical talent, but those with other talents should use their skills accordingly and not imitate others. It's best when we serve the Lord with whatever skills we have, but we must be careful not to forget the Lord and remember only skills.

           We beginners must never forget that the words are the main thing and that the tune is not of any importance except that it is serving the Lord with one's own personal talent. Those personal services are individual specific and shouldn't be imitated by others or else we'll forget the kirtan and only remember tunes and the purpose of kirtan is defeated. Ultimately kirtan is supremely beautiful if it is sung by even a devotee with the worst voice on the planet as it is absolute and it is sinful to even drag it down to relative levels.

      Thank you for appreciating the singing of that Bhajan troupe. Now I am sure that Lord Nityananda will show them great mercy very soon because they unknowingly gave great joy to a pure devotee like yourself. However we are animals in human bodies and we must always remember that your behaviour cannot be imitated. If at all we small time sadhakas are able to get the same vani from pure devotees, then we must go there straightaway. The present situation is only fine when no other options are available. So I'll listen to Swamiji or Prabhupada.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath

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Re: Jaya Radha Madhava

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

Dear Guruji, Jagannatha Gauranga dasa and devotees please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Sri Sri Radha Madhava.

When I listen to the above sung I feel indescribable loving feelings towards Lord Sri Krishna and my hairs stand on end when I see the supremely beautiful Lord walking along the banks of the Yamuna River. Maybe the messenger is not pure, but the message delivered is absolutely pure. The song, coming from the lips of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, is full of the Names and the intimate Pastimes of the Lord and exists only on the transcendental plane. It can only be relished on the transcendental plane and gives intense joy to the devotees of the Lord. The beauty is in the heart of the relisher. When a king delivers a message to another king through a subordinate messenger who has no clue about the message itself, the message is still conveyed. The devotional words on this forum are still conveyed despite being transmitted by a highly for profit internet system.

But when a non-devotee tries to convey the pure transcendental message of Lord Gauranga Krishna to another non-devotee: that is like a blind man leading blind people. Although the message is absolutely pure it is not relished as such. Therefore it is so important that non-devotees come in contact with the pure devotee of the Lord so their hearts may be awakened responding to the pure the transcendental message.

There is also tremendous benefit for the non-devotee messengers. When they take the holy Names of the Supreme Lord on their lips they are immensely purified. Because the Lord is Absolute it is a natural characteristic of His transcendental Name. When the great sinner Amajila was calling out �Narayana� (with feeling because it was the name of his favorite son) he was delivered. Moreover when a non-devotee chants the holy Names and Pastimes of the Lord for the wrong reasons, but somehow pleases a pure devotee of the Lord by doing so, his blessings are immeasurable.

I am sure it is because I am so deeply fallen that I get exited when I hear the Lords Name regardless of who the messenger is. I can�t really distinguish who is a devotee and who is not because to me anybody who chants the pure holy Name of Lord Gauranga Krishna is a devotee. I cannot but see a devotee in that person even though he or she is misleading me. I am convinced that over time that person will become a pure devotee of the Lord because he or she has been in contact with the pure holy Name of the Lord. Maybe it will take another million of lives when that person becomes a pure devotee but that is just a measurement of relative time. In reality, in eternal time, that person is a pure devotee of the Lord and who am I to consider him or her anything less than that?

I fall at the feet of all Vaisnavas and ask for your forgiveness and beg you to overlook my simple and primitive understanding of such high topics.

Your aspiring servant,

Hadai Nityananda dasa

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

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Re: Atheists are most unfortunate

Dear devotees,

     Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! A little bit more on serving the Lord...

     We are all unique and owing to our own unique set of cirumstances we have our own unique skills, talents and limitations. Therefore when we serve the Lord or the devotees it is always best when we serve Him with whatever talents we have. Someone may be a gardener, another a cook, a driver, an accountant, an editor, a therapist, a musician, an accomplished speaker, etc....anything. However these personal services must never be identified as the universal standard for all to follow. Then people will only blindly imitate. They will only remember the skill and forget the Lord. The only universal standard is the SERVICE ATTITUDE and NAAMA SANKIRTANA and not the type of skill one has. An individual's speciality should not be blindly copied by others. What will we do if everyone was just a gardener or everyone just knew how to drive a car or if everyone wanted to do only one other work? 

       Actually the humble sweeper in the temple is no way inferior to the book publisher or the public speaker on the absolute level and so it is meaningless to ask, "Which service is better?" Actually it is, "Whose attitude is better?" Therefore while I do say that professional musicians can put their vast talent to serve the Lord, one must remember that it is the mood of service and not artistry that actually counts. Beginners please note that down.

        This story narrated by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati warns about blind imitation :

A Fallacy of Custom

   Every morning some brahmanas would take their bath in the Ganges and offer their daily prescribed prayers to the Lord. All of them were taking their own copper vessels for offering water to the Lord. But through oversight, all the copper vessels invariably changed hands everyday.

   Finally an elderly brahmana, in order to differentiate his own copper vessel from others, put a lump of sand on his own copper vessel and went to take a bath. Observing this practice, all the other brahmanas assumed that this must be a holy custom and imitated the said elderly brahmana by putting the a lump of sand on their vessels.

   After taking bath, the elderly brahmana came out of the river and found that it was impossible to identify his own copper vessel, because each and every vessel had a lump sand on it. At this, the elderly brahmana said to himself, �How over-attached to rituals these fellows are! Without realising the real purpose of anything, they just imitate others. If they had applied their common sense, they would not have marked their copper vessels in the same way.�

      This should make everything clear....

PS : Could this and the previous two replies including Hadai prabhu's post be shifted to the Jay Radha Madhava posted by Hadai Prabhu? It was accidentally posted on the wrong thread.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath

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..simply devotion...

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Dear Gurudeva and Matus, and assembled devotees, please accept my full prostrated obiesances.

I am a personalist and believe that this earth is the sacred place of bhajan. I believe that the shadow is a part of that Divine but not the total. I believe the Summum Bonum truth is inherently simple and delicate, with a fragrance that enchants the mind. I know that the Total contains endless possibility, that consciousness by its very nature - an eternal layer upon layer � not bound by times space or direction. I believe the human soul can choose what 'it wants to be!' And I call that spirit.

I believe we are one family upon this earth, and we can choose now, more than at any time in modern history, to unite � under the banner of simplicity, devotion, and love. To bring forward Reality the Beautiful!

All that we need to do is realize that if we are bound within 'the dark and light', 'right and wrong' etc etc...to humble ourselves and realize we may not be seeing the full reality of consciousness. And if we realize that, then bend the knee and ask to understand.

To realize that the shadow can become the grace of God. Then we can 'Be!'

'Every particle that awakens in beauty, awakens in service to the whole'.

And when we falldown and hurt the 'other', we simply ask, 'if I was all these things, would you still love me?' And the tears transform into joy...

by neil (nava Gauranga dasa).

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Re: Atheists are most unfortunate

Dear prabhu,

     Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! What Swamiji said is only for worthless worms like us who are on the relativistic platform and not perfected souls like yourself who are on the absolute level and can see through all lack of qualifications. Your ears convert even material sounds into spiritually perfect vibrations. Actually the professional singers depend on you, you don't depend on them.

         There are so many songs composed by pure devotees in my part of the country which are only rendered by professional musicians and theirs' are the only recordings available. In that case what can we do, but look at the message itself rather than who delivered it. After all we cannot lose the vani of the pure devotees just because we can't get them under ideal circumstances. I have thousands of such songs myself, but out of respect for the devotees I just can't afford to lose all that nectar -- because it is not available anywhere else. The vani coming from professional singers may not be 100% pure, but when it goes through your ears and then comes out from your mouth, it will be 100% spritually refined and restored to full potency.

        It is like getting an old manuscript not in very good condition, but which is fully capable of being restored and then printed into 1st class books, devotees like yourself can then sing those songs and they will become infinitely pure by entering into your mouth regardless of what they were earlier.
Sometimes the music in the songs is very nice and devotees with good musical background can use their talent to purify the tunes as well and use their music in the Lord's service. Music is originally spiritual. I am talking from my point of view here as I have some little musical talent, but those with other talents should use their skills accordingly and not imitate others. It's best when we serve the Lord with whatever skills we have, but we must be careful not to forget the Lord and remember only skills.

           We beginners must never forget that the words are the main thing and that the tune is not of any importance except that it is serving the Lord with one's own personal talent. Those personal services are individual specific and shouldn't be imitated by others or else we'll forget the kirtan and only remember tunes and the purpose of kirtan is defeated. Ultimately kirtan is supremely beautiful if it is sung by even a devotee with the worst voice on the planet as it is absolute and it is sinful to even drag it down to relative levels.

      Thank you for appreciating the singing of that Bhajan troupe. Now I am sure that Lord Nityananda will show them great mercy very soon because they unknowingly gave great joy to a pure devotee like yourself. However we are animals in human bodies and we must always remember that your behaviour cannot be imitated. If at all we small time sadhakas are able to get the same vani from pure devotees, then we must go there straightaway. The present situation is only fine when no other options are available. So I'll listen to Swamiji or Prabhupada.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath

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My favourite Naam Realization

Nityananda ! Gauranga ! Hare Krishna !

Dandavats Pranaams.

Following is Nava Gauranga Das Prabhuji's Naam realization and it is my favourite.

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! A couple of weeks ago after reading Swami Gaurangapada's Naam Realisations I found within, the ability, which is not constant, to see in my heart the beautiful form of Prabhu Nityananda. Each time I would chant in japa his Holy Name I would see His Form, and gradually I could see Him in my heart preaching on a street corner in Navadwipa with a crowd around Him.

I continued each session to watch Him and reflect on His flowing hair, blissful eyes and beautiful garments. He was sharing to others about Gauranga, in bliss. He looked like your Deity in the ashrama somewhat. As I watched him from a distance for several days I began to perceive that I was dressed in old cloth and somewhat unclean.

At some point I saw Him extend his arms toward me, and say ,"why do you always sit over there watching?" He knew I felt myself unworthy to approach the group he was talking to. As I was doing japa of his Name, and meditating, he gestured with his arms, He said, "please come with me there is a Kirtana close by I wish to show you." As He said this shivers rushed through my body and tears of overwhelming joy poured from my eyes.

For the next several days of my japa I could see an ecsatic kirtana in an open hall with pillars supporting the roof. I would stand outside each day, and I could see assembled devotees. Mahaprabhu was tall and strong and loudly he would chant the Name of Krishna in the form of the Mahamantra. He was unaware of His surroundings and absorbed in his loud calls. I perceived just by seeing Him that He was in trance. And nearby was Advaita Prabhu playing Mrdanga and dancing like He was leaping upward. His mood of Kirtana seemed to be like a proud lion in a victory call. His appearance was older but His vitality was like a young man.

For several days this would be my meditaiton with my souls eyes. Each day coming back to view this wonderful kirtana. It was the most pleasing japa really. Lately I have been looking at my Murtis and chanting with affection. What am I to make of this? It occured after I read your realisations. Did I experience some kind of shadow, or blessing? Is it ok to meditate like this when it occurs?

Aspiring to be a servant, Nava Gauranga dasa.

Title: Re: Lord Nityananda is calling
User: Swami Gaurangapada      Date: 2006-07-07 16:31:04

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Nava Gauranga dasa is humble and was very hesitant to post this. But thankyou for sharing your genuine realizations. Such meditations while chanting Nityananda, Gauranga, and Hare Krishna Naam are not imaginary but a positive reciprocation from the Lord. By entering deeply into these meditations and making them one with the chanting of the Naam, one develops irrevocable attachment to the Lord and His Associates, a drop of which you now feel for your Deities of Lords Nityananda Gauranga. The spiritual master rejoices to see his spiritual children trying to deeply enter into Naam bhajana and this is a very pleasing thing to his heart.

ys,
Mihir

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Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

Dear Guruji, Jagannatha Gauranga dasa and devotees please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Sri Sri Radha Madhava.

When I listen to the above sung I feel indescribable loving feelings towards Lord Sri Krishna and my hairs stand on end when I see the supremely beautiful Lord walking along the banks of the Yamuna River. Maybe the messenger is not pure, but the message delivered is absolutely pure. The song, coming from the lips of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, is full of the Names and the intimate Pastimes of the Lord and exists only on the transcendental plane. It can only be relished on the transcendental plane and gives intense joy to the devotees of the Lord. The beauty is in the heart of the relisher. When a king delivers a message to another king through a subordinate messenger who has no clue about the message itself, the message is still conveyed. The devotional words on this forum are still conveyed despite being transmitted by a highly for profit internet system.

But when a non-devotee tries to convey the pure transcendental message of Lord Gauranga Krishna to another non-devotee: that is like a blind man leading blind people. Although the message is absolutely pure it is not relished as such. Therefore it is so important that non-devotees come in contact with the pure devotee of the Lord so their hearts may be awakened responding to the pure the transcendental message.

There is also tremendous benefit for the non-devotee messengers. When they take the holy Names of the Supreme Lord on their lips they are immensely purified. Because the Lord is Absolute it is a natural characteristic of His transcendental Name. When the great sinner Amajila was calling out �Narayana� (with feeling because it was the name of his favorite son) he was delivered. Moreover when a non-devotee chants the holy Names and Pastimes of the Lord for the wrong reasons, but somehow pleases a pure devotee of the Lord by doing so, his blessings are immeasurable. 

I am sure it is because I am so deeply fallen that I get exited when I hear the Lords Name regardless of who the messenger is. I can�t really distinguish who is a devotee and who is not because to me anybody who chants the pure holy Name of Lord Gauranga Krishna is a devotee. I cannot but see a devotee in that person even though he or she is misleading me. I am convinced that over time that person will become a pure devotee of the Lord because he or she has been in contact with the pure holy Name of the Lord. Maybe it will take another million of lives when that person becomes a pure devotee but that is just a measurement of relative time. In reality, in eternal time, that person is a pure devotee of the Lord and who am I to consider him or her anything less than that?

I fall at the feet of all Vaisnavas and ask for your forgiveness and beg you to overlook my simple and primitive understanding of such high topics.

Your aspiring servant,

Hadai Nityananda dasa

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

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2. Die höchste Herrlichkeit der Namen Nityananda und Gauranga (26.1)

(26) DIE HERRLICHKEIT DER NITYANANDA- UND GAURANGA-MANTRARAJAS

Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura im Sri Ksanada-gita-cintamani:

patita durgata yata kali-hata yara,
nitai Chaitanya bali nace gaya tara

�Die gefallenen, fehlgeleiteten und ungl�cklichen, vom Kali-Zeitalter verw�steten Seelen, werden voller Ekstase tanzen, wenn sie die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga chanten, weil dies der einzige Weg zu ihrer Erl�sung ist.�

(A) Im Sri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya von Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Kap. 6, sagt Nityananda                         Prabhu zu Srila Jiva Goswami:

vraja-tattva navadvipa-tattve dekhe bheda;
krsna aparadhi labhe nirvana abheda.

�Betrachte einmal den Unterschied zwischen Vraja-tattva (Vrindavana) und Navadvipa-tattva. In Vrindavan erlangten die Misset�ter gegen�ber Krischna (wie die D�monen) Einheit mit Gott (sayujya), indem sie mit der Brahman-Ausstrahlung des Herrn verschmelzten.�(Der gleiche Kamsa, welcher im Krischna-Lila  Befreiung erlangte, als er von Krischnas Hand in Mathura get�tet wurde, erlangte die reine Liebe zu Gott von Gauranga im Gauranga-Lila in Navadvipa, ohne sterben zu m�ssen.)

hetha aparadhi paya prema-tattva dhana;
ataeva ei gaura-lila sarvopari dhana.

�Hingegen in Navadvipa erlangen die Misset�ter reine Liebe zu Gauranga. Deshalb sind die Spiele und Namen von Gauranga der gr�sste Schatz in diesem Universum.� (sogar noch barmherziger als das Krischna-Lila)

gaura-dhama, gaura-nama, gaura rupa-guna;
aparadha nahi mane tarite nipuna.

�Gaurangas transzendentaler Name, Seine Form, Seine Spiele und heiligen Orte sind am geeignetsten um alle zu erl�sen, denn sie ber�cksichtigen keine Vergehen.�

yadi aparadha thake sadhakera mane;
krsna-name, krsna-dhame tare bahu dine.

�Wohingegen das regelm�ssige Chanten von Krischnas Namen und der Aufenthalt an Seinem heiligen Ort Vrindavana u.s.w., solange noch Vergehen und unerw�nschte Eigenschaften vorhanden sind, den Chanter nur nach einer sehr langen Zeitspanne erl�sen werden.�

(B) Srila Locana Dasa Thakura stellt fest:

nitai-gaura-nama, anandera dhama,
jei jana nahi laya
tare yamaraya, dhare laya jaya,
narake dubaya taya

�Die transzendentalen Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga sind die h�chsten Orte von unbegrenzter Gl�ckseligkeit. Diejenigen, welche die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga nicht chanten, werden sicher Opfer von Yamaraja, dem Todesgott. Yamaraja wird sie in die schrecklichsten h�llischen Regionen zerren  und dort gewaltsam ertr�nken.�

(C) Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi-Lila 8.22:

adyapiha dekha Caitanya-nama yei laya;
krsna-preme pulakasru-vihvala se haya

Srila Prabhupada �bersetzt: �Ob man Vergehen macht oder nicht, jeder, welcher jetzt 'sri-Krischna-Caitanya prabhu-Nityananda' chantet wird sogleich von Ekstase �berw�ltigt, und Tr�nen kommen in seine Augen.�

Erl�uterung von Srila Prabhupada:

�Die  Prakrta-sahajiyas, welche 'Nitai-Gaura Radhe Syama' chanten, haben sehr wenig Wissen �ber die Schlussfolgerung des Bhagavatam und sie befolgen die Vaishnava-Regeln und Regulierungen kaum, und doch ruft ihr Chanten sofort Tr�nen und andere Symptome von Ekstase hervor, weil sie Nitai-Gaura chanten. Obwohl sie mit den Prinzipien der Vaishnava-Philosophie nicht vertraut sind, und nicht sehr fortgeschritten erzogen sind, ziehen sie durch diese Symptome viele Menschen an, welche ihre Anh�ger werden. Ihre ekstatischen Tr�nen werden ihnen sicher auf lange Sicht hin helfen, den sobald sie mit einem reinen Gottgeweihten in Kontakt kommen, wird ihr Leben erfolgreich sein. Sogar am Anfang, weil sie die heiligen Namen von Nitai-Gaura chanten, ist ihr rasches Fortschreiten auf dem Pfad zur Gottesliebe sehr deutlich sichtbar.�

Kommentar von BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada:

Die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga scheinen die unvorstellbar barmherzigste Sache in der ganzen Sch�pfung zu sein. Tats�chlich sind sie noch barmherziger als Nityananda-Gauranga selbst. Die sogenannten Prakrta-Sahajiyas sind immerzu damit besch�ftigt, die regulierenden Prinzipien zu brechen, mit T�tigkeiten, welche Bhakti entgegen wirken, s�ndhaften T�tigkeiten wie unerlaubte Sexualit�t, Alkohol trinken, Rauchen u.s.w. . Doch Srila Prabhupada zufolge zeigen sie Symptome raschen Fortschritts auf dem Pfad zur reinen Gottesliebe, und zwar nur aus dem einfachen Grund, weil sie die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga chanten.

Aus dem oben zitierten Vers (und aus den Versen und Erl�uterungen vom CC Adi Kap.8) wird sehr deutlich, dass die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga �berhaupt keine Vergehen ber�cksichtigen, und deshalb sofortige Wirkung auf den Chanter aus�ben. Srila Prabhupada schreibt in der �bersetzung, dass die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga beim Verteilen der Liebe zu Gott nicht beachten, ob man Vergehen begeht oder nicht. Was kann man mehr erwarten? Es k�nnte nicht noch einfacher sein! Deshalb hat Srila Lochana das Takura gesagt, dass Nityananda und Gauranga 'saba-avatara-sara-shiromani' sind: das Kronjuwel und die Essenz aller Inkarnationen von Gott.

Dem  Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya zufolge sucht die reine Liebe zu Krischna (welche nicht erreicht werden kann durch Millionen von Leben von hingebungsvollem Dienst zu Krischna) eine Person auf, welche die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga chantet.

Selbstverst�ndlich sollte dieser Vers und diese Erl�uterung nicht als einen Freipass verstanden werden, weiterhin zu s�ndigen und dann gleichzeitig Nityananda und Gauranga zu chanten. Vielmehr zeigen sie uns die aussergew�hnliche und h�chste Barmherzigkeit welche in Nityanandas und Gaurangas Namen liegt.

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Astrology is not meant for Devotees

Shrila Prabhupada's Letter. 9th January, 1975, London.
My dear Devamaya devi dasi,

.Regarding astrology, you should not listen to any of these so-called astrologers--strictly avoid. Don't even see them. What is the use of seeing them? Astrology is meant for the
materialist, but a spiritualist does not care for the future. Everything is dependant upon Krishna. So where is the necessity of astrology? The devotees' principle is, let there happen anything as Krishna desires. Let me remain sincere devotee, that's all. Pure devotee is never interested in this astrology...

I hope this meets you in good health.
Your ever well-wisher,
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svami

Letter to: Sanatana
Honolulu10 June, 1975

No, you should not bother with all this nonsense. Astrology will not save you at the time of death. My Guru Maharaja was a great astrologer and astronomer, but he gave it all up. It is meant for the karmis. We have no interest in such things. I hope this meets you in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Krsna Consciousness is Beyond Astrology

Visala dasa wanted to find an astrologer in Vrindavana. Without consulting Srila Prabhupada, he found one who was wearing tilaka and chanting Hare Krsna. Visala wanted to get something he had seen other residents of Vrindavana wearing, a charm you wear around your neck that has on it all the mantras of the demigods.It was supposed to counteract all the bad influence of the planets. The astrologer sold him one of these neckpieces, and it all sounded very nice. He told Visala to dip it into the Yamuna and to have an arati at twelve noon.

Soon after this, Brahmananda Maharaj noticed Visala�s new ornament. �Visala,� said Brahmananda Swami, �what�s that you have around your neck?� When Visala told him, Brahmananda Swami replied, �Prabhupada says we don�t have to add anything to this process.� At these words Visala became disturbed. He thought that Brahmananda Swami was right and he also felt embarrassed. �Why are you wearing this?� Brahmananda Swami demanded. Visala replied that he would like to talk to Prabhupada and he asked if he could have an appointment.

When Visala went to see Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada asked him how much he had paid the astrologer and what he had said. Visala said the astrologer had claimed the charm would ward off the ill effects of the planets. �Krsna consciousness is beyond astrology,� said Prabhupada. �If you surrender to Krsna, with a slight kick Krsna can annihilate 00,000 Rahu planets.� So Visala put aside his astrological neckpiece and just depended on Prabhupada and K���a.

Soon after, a Godbrother showed Visala a letter he had received from Prabhupada about the same subject matter:
�Astrology will not save you at the time of death. My Guru Maharaja was a great astrologer and astronomer, but he gave it all up. It is meant for the karmis. We have no interest in such things.� Visalini-devi dasi, interview; letter to Sanatana das, June 3, 1975.

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I was told (lowerthanarat) when I joined iskcon in 1973 that subtle arts (black magic, astrology, tarot cards, witchcraft) have no place in krsna consciousness. When you chant the maha mantra it connects to the spiritual world. But the subtle art only live in the subtle plain nowhere near the spiritual world. So you practitioners in krsna consciousness don�t waste your time and money with these things.

If you have full faith in Sri Guru Gauranga. Bhagavad Gita 18.66 Totally abandoning all kinds of religion, surrender exclusively unto Me. I will liberate you from all kinds of sins, so do not despair.

We have to realize what ever happens to us is because of our karma. ( I am born in this country, in a family, with this amount of wealth, and suffering; no one else is to blame only myself. So don�t quarrel with no one.

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SB 11.23.40-42
The brahmana understood that all his suffering�from other living beings, from the higher forces of nature and from his own body�was unavoidable, being allotted to him by providence.

The brahmana said: These people are not the cause of my happiness and distress. Neither are the demigods, my own body, the planets, my past work, or time. Rather, it is the mind alone that causes happiness and distress and perpetuates the rotation of material life.

Inner Fulfilment chapter 2 by
Srila Sridhar Maharaj

Tat te-nukampam susamiksamano bhunjana evatmakrtam vipakam:

�Whatever undesirable I find here is the result of my previous karmma, and by the good will of the Supreme, that previous karma is going to be finished. I will be relieved. I will be made fit for higher service to Him, so this has come.� That is the advice in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Don�t quarrel with the environment. Try to be adjusted with it; correct your own ego. Everything is alright.

SB 10.14.8
Tat te-nukampam susamiksamano
bhunjana evatmakrtam vipakam:

TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his heart, words and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.

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Four Kinds of Yagya Priests

Srimad Bhagavatam 7/3/30

tvam sapta-tantun vitanoshi tanva
trayya catur-hotraka-vidyaya ca
tvam eka atmatmavatam anadir
ananta-parah kavir antaratma

TRANSLATION
My dear lord, by your form as the Vedas personified and through knowledge relating to the activities of all the yajnic brahmanas, you spread the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies of the seven kinds of sacrifices, headed by agnishtoma. Indeed, you inspire the yajnic brahmanas to perform the rituals mentioned in the three Vedas. Being the Supreme Soul, the Supersoul of all living entities, you are beginningless, endless and omniscient, beyond the limits of time and space.

PURPORT
The Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, the knowledge thereof, and the person who agrees to perform them are inspired by the Supreme Soul. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita, mattah smritir jnanam apohanam ca: [Bg. 15.15] from the Lord come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. The Supersoul is situated in everyone's heart (sarvasya caham hridi sannivishtah, isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrid-dese 'rjuna tishthati [Bg. 18.61]), and when one is advanced in Vedic knowledge, the Supersoul gives him directions. Acting as Supersoul, the Lord gives inspiration to a suitable person to perform the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies. In this connection, four classes of priests, known as ritvik, are required. They are mentioned as hota, adhvaryu, brahma and udgata.

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Baladeva Vidyabhusana
Sri Vedanta sutra
chapter 3
pada3

Adhhilarana 28

Purport by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana

Sutra 57
  The duties are distributed among the different Vedas. The hota priest chants mantras of the Rig Veda, the adhvaryu priest chants mantras of the Yajur Veda, the udgata priest chants mantras of the Sama Veda, and the brahma priest chants mantras of the Atharva Veda.
     In this way, according to the wish of the person performing the yajna, the different priests accept different roles in the yajna and different priestly rewards (dakshina) also. In the same way, according to the wish of the Supreme Lord, the individual living entities accept different roles in their service to the Lord and they also meet the Lord in different ways according to the roles they play.

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Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami
Sat Kriya Sara Dipika
The Priests

A yajna may involve the following four priests -

Hotri: The priest who invokes and worships the Lord, through the medium of the fire.

Udgatri: The priest who is in charge of chanting the mantras.

Advaryu: The priest who prepares and installs the paraphernalia, and ignites the sacred fire. He sees to the smooth running of the ceremony.

Brahma: The master of ceremonies. He sees that all the mantras are recited properly, corrects any errors that occur during the proceedings and sees to the proper stoking of the fire.

If there are only three priests, there will be the adhvaryu, udgatri and the hotri. If only two, the udgatri and hotri,  and one, the hotri.

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...our forest of vision...

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

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Heart, though art low and foolish,
Led astray into a thousand folly.
Chasing here and there,
never listening to I - the one pointed way!

And then you dare to say, 'It be Krsna who has captivated and led us wrong'.
Oh heart, you have abandoned me - claiming that He be 'everywhere'.

'He is the stealer of the Heart - and what be this Sacred Grove?'
Our forest of vision...

by nava.
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original melbourne sankirtan karatals

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Dear Swami Gaurangapada and assembled devotees, please accept my humble obiesances.

My next door neighbour here in town is a real nice fella. He originally comes from Melbourne and years ago collected and sold antiques at markets.
Over the last four years since I moved into the street, it has been a joy to offer him prasadam often (he likes pizza) .

Today he said, 'I have something for you Neil'. He pulled out of his cupboard a 30 year old hand crafted set of karatals. Beautiful tone.
They must have come from the sankirtan invasion in Melbourne back in the 70's. I wondered where they had played and what sounds they had vibrated.
As I held them shivers went through my body in happiness. The most wonderful present.

I am off to wash them and put some thread through them to hold them and practice. Haribol!

y.s. Nava.

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2. Die höchste Herrlichkeit der Namen Nityananda und Gauranga (25)

(25) DIE SAPTA RISHIS ERREICHEN SCHNELL GAURANGA NUR DURCH GAURANGA JAPA

Im Sri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya, Kap. 9, wird beschrieben wie die sieben Weisen, die S�hne von Brahma, Gauranga auf folgende Weise erlangen:

(A) aprakrta dhama, gaurahari naam;
      kevala sadhura asa.

�Die einzigen Mittel der spirituellen Praxis und Verehrung sind im heiligen Ort von Navadvipa Zuflucht zu nehmen, und der heilige Name von Gauranga. Dies ist die einzige Hoffnung f�r die wahren Gottgeweihten.�

(B) kichu nahi khaya, nidra nahi jaya;
      gaura naam kare japa.

�Die sieben Weisen (Sapta-Rishis), welche Krischna-Prema erlangen wollten, gingen auf Geheiss ihres Vaters Brahma nach Navadvipa und verloren jegliches Interesse an materiellen G�tern. Immerfort chanteten sie  auf der Gebetskette Gaurangas Name, ohne nachts zu schlafen.�

Kommentar von BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada:

Diejenigen, welche die v�llig an den Haaren herbeigezogene, falsche, unsinnige und b�sartige Theorie vertreten, dass das Gauranga Mantraraja nur im Kirtan und nicht auf der Gebetskette gechantet werden kann, sollten diesen Vers sehr genau lesen. Die sieben Weisen, welches die S�hne von Brahma und grosse spirituelle Autorit�ten sind, haben auf der Gebetskette das Gauranga Mantraraja gechantet, und so die Volkommenheit erlangt. Nach dem h�chsten Vaishnava-Handbuch  Hari-bhakti-vilasa, muss das Chanten gez�hlt werden, entweder auf der Gebetskette oder mit den Fingern. Da das Chanten der Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas das beste Heilmittel und die gr�sste Hoffnung auf Erl�sung f�r die kranken Menschen des Kali-Zeitalters ist, ist jeder Versuch, jemanden auf irgendeine Weise davon abzuhalten, diese Mantrarajas zu chanten, die gr�sste Ungerechtigkeit und das gr�sste Verbrechen gegen�ber den bedingten Seelen und das gr�sste Ungl�ck, welches man in dieser Sch�pfung erleiden kann.

(C) madhyana samaya, gaura dayamaya;
      dekha dila rsi gane.

�Am Nachmittag erschien der barmherzigste Gauranga vor den Weisen und erf�llte alle ihre W�nsche, da Er vom Chanten Seines Namens sehr angetan war.�

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Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Thank you for your kindness and service at Nitaai Sangha, Srinath.

y.s.

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Re: Bliss and The Striving Body - my healing (please read)

Dear Nava prabhu,

   Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! My humble pranams!

   I was very moved by seeing your story of how you came from very miserable circumstances toward the path of bhakti. Still you are a disciple of Swamiji and you are chanting the mantrarajas despite all the troubles of the mind and body, so it is inspiring to small morons like myself who keep giving excuses for not doing despite all the opportunity. You may take inspiration from Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, who manifested the pastimes of battling against all sorts of frequent health problems and other obstacles and still successfully served Lord Gauranga and the holy Dham of Navadvipa.

   The different illnesses in life are all due to the primeval illness that we are not devotees of the Lord. Ultimately the names of the Lord give that ultimate cure to that illness which will resolve everything else that came from it. What suffering souls really need is love and care and lots and lots of it. I have a friend who had to grapple with a flood of negativity and fierce storms along with several material problems. Life has not been very kind to him and he has even forced to endure the worst kind of company possible against his will. I have seen it myself and it is beyond my tolerance. If it had been me I would have turned into some sort of anti social rebel. At one point his self esteem had all but hit rock bottom and he had reached a stage where he would have been lost (if you know what I mean...).

       It was only when a pure devotee stepped into his life and he started chanting that he literally got a new lease of life. He has only now received real love and care that is actually beneficial for him and he can easily tolerate his difficulties knowing fully well that only the Lord and devotion matters. He is advancing very nicely and we are humbled by seeing how much difference a pure devotee has made to his life. So you too need a lot of love and you will get all of it and more from the devotees in the sangha, as I did and as my friend did. The association of pure devotees is vital. From faith comes association. I know what the holy names can do and I have seen it -- it defies anything beyond what one can imagine. Our chanting Hare Krishna may not be so successful because of all the offenses we commit, but Nityananda Gauranga rush in headlong into our hearts despite it all.

        We should follow our bliss -- correct, but how are we going to know what that bliss is? Answer : The Holy names reveal that bliss. Surrender is not just mentally saying, "O God I surrender to you." but surrender is actually chanting "Nityaananda! Gauranga! and the Hare Krishna mahamantra!" In a very short time the most merciful Nitaai Gaura will flood the practioner with so much love and bliss, and it is that bliss that we really follow. The Lord is full of bliss and we follow Him. People sometimes talk about God in vague terms like higher power, higher consciousness or some Supreme intelligence, higher field etc...but in reality they are reluctant to call God as Krishna or Narayana or Gauranga or by any other Personal Name because they think that such things are sectarian and are therefore quite skeptic, feeling that we should talk about God in vague and uncertain language to appeal to a wider audience. This is impersonal mayavada or otherwise one more step in the ascending process. But how will these preachers guide their followers? How will we get that bliss? What is that bliss body? What is devotion? Where do the heart and head align?How do we follow that bliss? By chanting!! That is the descending process. The western philosophers have a vague idea of what is known in fully concrete and absolute terms by the Vaisnavas. The answers to all their questions and ideas is there in Vaisnava Siddhanta. Everything is there -- it is perfect and complete.

         People bound up in stereotype are vitriolic about something new outside their domain of intelligence and if such people oppose to our spiritual chanting, then they must be rejected. The names of Nityananda Gauranga or Hare Krishna are the Lords of the soul. Their names are non-sectarian. The soul is neither man nor woman, nor Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, European, Indian, Chinese, Russian, American or any other designation. The Vaisnava religion includes all the other truths in other faiths in a refined and perfected form. If in the process we find that these sectarian faiths are opposed to our devotion, then we must give them up immediately. The universal rule of devotion is accept that which is favourable to bhakti and reject the unfavourable.

          As for the other thing, many forums on the net are simply breeding places for argument and controversy. It's enough to simply know guru, sadhu and Krishna and chanting the holy names -- nothing else really is needed. Unnecessarily things are made more and more complicated and Bhaktivinode Thakur calls all of them as ass like people. Logic and argument simply make a soft heart into a stone. There was a time when I had my faith slightly in a crisis and it was all because of reading these arguments. Donkeys' braying went into my head and made me into a donkey instead of a devotee and I feel very much ashamed even now that I wasted so much time in going for trouble. In my opinion, these arguments are the second worst enemy of devotion. Such places are now repulsive to me and I say anyone who goes asking for arguments is sure to damage one's faith. That is why in our forum the moderation is so strict. We do not allow anyone to bray here, we only allow real vani. The #1 reason why our sangha is successful is because no upstarts are tolerated and allowed to say anything and everything they like, they must accept the truth.

        You have not let anyone down, neither has anyone else. On the contrary, we are only serving to inspire one another to go up further. Let us all grab on to the feet of Guru and the Lord and we will all be taken up! This sangha is there only to help the fallen souls. Although I have written well outside the limits of my wretched qualifications or authority, still since it's the truth I heard from my guru, I have written it here. I hope you senior Vaisnavas will please forgive me for my audacity, but the point is -- let's stick together forever and we'll be eternally blissful in our real and spiritual association with the Lord and each other.

Very humbly submitted with love,
Daaso'smi,
Srinath

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Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Here is a quick google to clarify this theme that I wish to share as I realize and learn:

BG 2.50
buddhi-yukto jahatiha ubhe sukrta-duskrte
tasmad yogaya yujyasva yogah karmasu kausalam

Who discards here (and now) both good and evil works: brace yourself then for (yoga, spiritual exercise) for yoga is also skill in performing works.

*buddhi-yukta: as one who has yoked his intelligence, with the Divine. end quote.

Now, that brings forward the question, what is intelligence? Sri Caitanya and Srila Prabhupada has made that very clear. 'Servant eternally of Sri Krsna'.

The above google of Gita is from an impersonal type translation, but I find it useful to bring a very subtle point to the forefront. What is this spiritual exercise that we should cultivate within (constantly)? What is that yoga in connection with the Divine? What is that 'intelligence' that presses down to us?

It is simply this, 'an internal cultivation' of 'loving feeling toward God'. God is love and he yearns for love. And the process of mercy manifest of that cultivation is 'the Holy Name'. Hallowed be thy name (said Jesus)!

I have realized jaap is not a 'strive' Jaap does not have to be lengthy to be pure. It has to be simply free of offenses. And if it is cultivated in humility and sincerity, with 'loving feeling toward God', then desire to enter deeper into the 'internal process' will naturally awaken in due course. With taste.

karma-yoga, buddhi-yoga, and bhakt- yoga are non-different.

y.s. Nava.

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Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Bhagavad Gita 6.47
yoginam api sarvesam mad-gatenantar-atmana
sraddhavan bhajate yo mam sa me yuktatamo matah

Of all yogis, he who abides in me with full faith, worshipping me in devotion, is most intimately united with me and considered the best of all.
srila bv tripurari swami

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"yuktatamah":  most steadfast (unwavering, persistent,
firm)

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yah - One who; sraddhavan - with firm faith in the holy scriptures which corroborate the superexcellence of devotion unto Me; antah-atmana - and with heart; mat-gatena - deeply dedicated to Me; bhajate mam - renders service unto Me by engaging in the devotional practices beginning with hearing and singing My glories; sah - such a devotee; sarvesam-yoginam api - amidst all types of yogis who adopt the paths of karma, jnana, tapasya, astanga-yoga, bhakti, etc; yuktatamah - is the most superior of all. (iti) - Certainly this is; me - My; matah - opinion.
srila br sridhara dev goswami

There is alot in this verse. Coming from a christian catholic background salvation is a deep samskara within me. And a part of my life. But upon due consideration and my recent realizations the dualism of light and dark is not the goal and cultivation. It is bhakti and full self surrender.

The life of devotion has never been denial...but instead full integration into the summum-bonum truth! Sri Krsna Reality the Beautiful!

Dear devotees I hope you can get a small glimpse of what I am trying to share in this thread (even my foolishness). The highest joy -  and according to Srimad Bhagavatam the desire to be liberated from the wheel of suffering becomes as nothing - in the face of pure bhakti - suddha-sattva. Jaya Gauranga Mahaprabhu!!!

y.s.  Nava

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Mangala Arati Kirtana Gaura Purnima 2009 Video

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Re: Jaya Radha Madhava

Nityananda!! Gauranga!! Hare Krishna!! However sweet the voice, the only problem is that it is not very internally spiritually beneficial to hear from one who is not exactly a Gaudiya Vaishnava and thus not be following the regulative principles and may be professionally singing other mundane romantic songs for money. However, I do think that one may still have feelings towards Lord Krishna and one may try to put in a lot of efforts to try to invoke devotion within onseself while singing though that will still remain superficial unless one accepts Lord Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and as Master of all the demigods in one's heart and then accepts Lord Gauranga as Lord Krishna Himself. One symptom of a true devotee singer would be that he or she would never ask money for singing the Holy Kirtanas and Songs about Lord Gaura Krishna. The singing of non-devotee but pious singers may sometimes be used to attract new souls to Bhakti as it creates a somewhat entertaining and attractive situation with some spiritual value but serious and advanced spiritual practitioners should try to hear the singing and speaking from only those souls who chant the Holy Names daily, follow the regulative principles and Ekadashi, worship the Tulasi plant and are in faithful knowledge about Nitaai, Gaura and Krishna Tattva.

Shrila Prabhupada writes in this regard:

"...One should not hear the statements of Srimad-Bhagavatam from professional reciters, or else they will not be effective. Quoting from Padma Purana, Sri Sanatana Gosvami has strictly forbidden us to hear about the activities of the Lord and His devotees from the mouths of non-devotees:

Padma Purana states:
avaisnava-mukhodgirnam, putam hari-kathamrtam
sravanam naiva kartavyam, sarpocchistam yatha payah

�One should not hear anything about Krsna from a non-Vaisnava. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects; similarly, talks about Krsna given by a non-Vaisnava are also poisonous.� One must be a bona fide devotee, and then he can preach and impress devotional service upon his listeners. [SB 6.17.41]

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.

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Re: Bliss and The Striving Body - my healing (please read)

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Or, as my dear intelligent friend Matus Prabhu has said in his blog and email:

Simply 'Nitaai!'

Be sure to be true!

y.s. Nava.

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